“Unfortunately, once an economy is geared to expansion, the means rapidly turn into an end and "the going becomes the goal." Even more unfortunately, the industries that are favored by such expansion must, to maintain their output, be devoted to goods that are readily consumable either by their nature, or because they are so shoddily fabricated that they must soon be replaced. By fashion and built-in obsolescence the economies of machine production, instead of producing leisure and durable wealth, are duly cancelled out by the mandatory consumption on an even larger scale.” MeanEndsTurnsGoalWealthEconomyFashionIndustryBuiltMachinesProductionsScalesGoodsLeisureDevotedConsumptionReplacedExpansionOutputObsolescence Book:THE CITY IN HISTORY Source: THE CITY IN HISTORY
“The whole scale and scope of the decorating and fashion business in this country are incomparably grander than in London. Whats thrilling about America in general, and the New York fashion scene in particular, is its optimism. It makes the whole experience energizing and uplifting.” CountryWholeAmericaFashionNew YorkParticularSceneOptimismLondonScalesUpliftingScopeThrillingDecoratingEnergizingFashion Business Author:Hamish Bowles
“By fashion and built-in obsolescence the economies of machine production, instead of producing leisure and durable wealth, are duly cancelled out by the mandatory consumption on an even larger scale.” WealthEconomyFashionBuiltMachinesProductionsScalesLeisureConsumptionObsolescence Author:Lewis Mumford
“All crises have involved debt that, in one fashion or another, has become dangerously out of scale in relation to the underlying means of payment.” MeanFashionInvolvedRelationCrisisDebtScalesPayment Book:A Short History of Financial Euphoria Source: A Short History of Financial Euphoria
“I love making people laugh and feel good, and that's awesome and special for me to be able to do that, but there really is nothing like kicking ass whether it's on a major scale, or whether it's in more of a dramatic fashion. Being physical and taking care of business the old-fashioned way is something that I love doing.” PeopleWayFeelsCareAbleLaughingSpecialFashionMajorsScalesAssFeel GoodDramaticOld FashionedMaking People LaughKickingLove Making Author:Dwayne Johnson
“I'm based in Atlanta so there weren't a lot of people to talk to about fashion because no one was really doing it on the scale that I wanted to do it. I had to do a lot of research on my own.” PeopleWantedMy OwnFashionResearchScalesAtlanta Author:Fred Foster